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FAA incident report · Aeronca 65-TAC · Zelienople, PA · May 29, 2017

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Date
May 29, 2017 · 11:20 local
Place
Zelienople, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36857
Reported as
Aeronca 65-TAC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,640 total52 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N36857Registration cancelled Jun 18, 2026 · Aeronca 65-TACS/N L1821TAAirframe modelAeronca 65-TACEngine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated: during landing on runway 35 a gust of wind forced the aircraft to the left off the paved runway onto the grass. The pilot stated that there was a helicopter that he was heading towards and attempted a go around. While attempting to climb the aircraft stalled and induced a hard landing onto the main landing gear and nose of the aircraft. The tail proceeded to rise up into the air, turned the aircraft 180 and dropped on the tail landing gear before coming to rest.

Markings on the ground showed aircraft heading through the grass was approximately 25 to 30 degrees to the runway. There was a short area in the grass with no tire wheel marking imprint, then tire marking and impact markings from the main landing gear and rotating propeller which were approximately 25 to 30 feet in area.

Damage to the aircraft consisted of propeller blades bent backwards, lower engine cowling dent. The left and right main landing gear completely separated from the fuselage and twisted. The main landing gear attaching hardware were sheared.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED: DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT OFF THE PAVED RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A HELICOPTER THAT HE WAS HEADING TOWARDS AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND INDUCED A HARD LANDING ONTO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TAIL PROCEEDED TO RISE UP INTO THE AIR, TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 180 AND DROPPED ON THE TAIL LANDING GEAR BEFORE COMING TO REST.

MARKINGS ON THE GROUND SHOWED AIRCRAFT HEADING THROUGH THE GRASS WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS A SHORT AREA IN THE GRASS WITH NO TIRE WHEEL MARKING IMPRINT, THEN TIRE MARKING AND IMPACT MARKINGS FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ROTATING PROPELLER WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 FEET IN AREA.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACKWARDS, LOWER ENGINE COWLING DENT. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND TWISTED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHING HARDWARE WERE SHEARED.